Combination step-ladder and ironing-board.



W. M. GAUGHLAN.

COMBINATION STEP LADDER AND IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED APR.15,1914.

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COMBINATION STEP LADDER AND IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED APR.16,1914.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

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WALTER MORIEN CAUGHLAN, 0F RIUI-ILAND, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO LOREN I-IINSHAW AND GEORGE L. MORAIN, OF RIGHLAND, IOWA.

COMBINATION STEP-LADDER AND IRONING-IBOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

Application filed April 15, 1914. Serial No. 831,994.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER M. CAUGH- LAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Riohland, in the county of Keokuk and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Combination Step-Ladder and Ironing Board; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and useful improved combination step ladder and ironing board, and an object of the invention is the provision of a step ladder, which may be used as such pure and simple with out being lumbered or made awkward by holding and supporting or carrying some other attachment, such as the ironing board, but which step ladder may be adjusted or arranged to provide supporting legs to support an ironing board.

In practical fields the details of construction may be subjected to alterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a view of the step ladder constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the step ladder adjusted or arranged to support an ironing board. Fig. 3 is a rear view of Fig. 1. Fig. 41 is an enlarged detail view, showing the connection between the upper end of one of the rearwardly inclined legs of the ladder and the upper end of the ladder. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of one of the rearwardly disposed legs, showing the connection between the same and the ironing board.

Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 designate the two parts of the step ladder, the part 1 comprises the usual side bars 3 having the top step or board. 4: connected thereto and a plurality of steps 5 arranged between and secured to the side bars 3. One of the steps 5 is provided with a flange 6 constituting a stop, an abutment or brace, as Wlll hereinafter appear. A pair of chains 7 connect the parts 1 and 2, to prevent said parts from spreading too far, when adjusted for use as a step ladder, as shown in Fig. 1. Said chains 7 are adjustably connected to the part 1, so as to adjust the part 2 closer to the part 1. The part 2 comprises the side bars 8 and 9, braced or reinforced relative to one another by means of the braces 10. The lower ends of the braces 10 abut or engage the flange 6 or stop or brace, when the parts 1 and 2 are arranged or adjusted as shown in Fig. 2, to hold and brace the part 2 in position. The side bars 3 of the part 1 at the upper portions adjacent. the board or step 1 have secured to their outer faces plates 11 by means of screws 12. These plates are provided with headed lugs 13, which engage the elongated portions 1 1 of the slots 15 of the plates 16, which are secured at 17 by the screws to the upper ends of the bars 8 and 9 of the part 2. When the parts 1 and 2 are arranged as shown in Fig. 1, the heads of said lugs 13 he substantially at right angles to the elongated portions 14 of said slots 15, to secure the lugs against disengagement with said slots. When the parts 1 and 2 are arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 to support an ironing board, headed lugs 19 (which are similar to the lugs 13) of the plates 11 also engage the elongated portions 14 of said slots 15, in such a manner as to prevent disengagement with said slots. Also when the parts 1 and 2 are arranged as shown in Fig. 2, the side bars 8 and 9 of the part 2 engage the flanges 21 of the plates 22, which are secured to the side bars 3 of the part 1, to assist in holding and bracing the parts 1 and 2 in position. Said flanges 21 overhang the bars 8 and 9 to hold them in place. The lower ends of the bars 8 and 9 are beveled off as shown at 23, to maintain a firm bearing on the surface upon which said parts 1 and 2 rest. The lower end of the bars 3 also have beveled oil portions 24, to attain a firm bearing on the surface upon which said parts 1 and 2 engage. One edge of the board or step l has a pair of pins, designed to pierce the ironing board, as shown in Fig. 2 to prevent displacement, said pins being designated by the character 25.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. In combination, a pair of parts having detachable connections for holding the same connected for use asa step ladder, said parts adapted to be arranged to intersect one another, one of said parts having a series of steps, one of which is provided with a flange, said part having the steps being provided with plates provided with overhanging flanges, the other part designed to intersect the part havingthestepsand engaging between said flange and 'thegfianges of said plates to hold the parts in position to support an ironing board.

2. A step ladder comprising two parts having -ldetachab'le connections at two of'the adjacent ends, one part having a plurality of steps constituting a ladder, the other part constituting a ,brace for the part having the steps, a pair of chains connecting, said,parts to. preve a d parts r mv spreading o f when used asastep ladder,thepartihaving th St p pr ine s e .b reP tes. ew-"e to the side bars provided with overhanging flang tone o aid plu y tepsh vin a flange constituting an abutment, the brace parts adapted to intersect the part having the said steps and engaging between said overhanging flanges and theabutment and disposed at an angle thereto and arranged to support an ironing board, apart of said detachable connection of the brace part de- WALTER MORIEN OAUGHLAN.

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